The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-03 00:00:00

illi. t . tO cd ',rtlker - BIOS lbsiC ch we n re" KiNo said, be aii ad of The; pub' reign tuber o 36. :Quilt STT, ches3 eel)", p a id :liess ming' aince ;e of r>i•ns.• antS, Loy•+i I ihe diSti- fot )kige the or to, [om- ITtl TLI TEfle con- I ,om. ionlC gong tporC k-Li9 t the Utt'Sl• hi* Mere t of Irool [lett}, ter:r -f OM trillg: Nc , hose s Ili o r r the fixed ;Via- k of 0 ns "ered S Sr' ice si .--' it her r g& t t) been L.)ll)=', cur ailed lierr a of 'wed e, as pie risect Mort .dAN^' rec.- .l't!i , AFF, "601 1 it+(t ^ ~~~i1J; ac I EATRE. . imngh we 'entirely agree frith tire Morning, ntici, in general, as to the mettits cif . the piece `rhiclt wag prodUccd, under the 'Shape of a CO triedy, l as t at Drury-tane Theatre, 'and consider it as the Ver'e worst that ever pretended to that designation, within the whole scone nf our long experience in dramatic inatters,-L-ve. we differ with them when the'v taro':' the whole blame. on the Managers. if nothing hetter offers, %OW can the Managers do, as the public are insati;,blc. , f " novelty, an d are so capricious in their . nkes an d partialiti e s, that it is hardly possible eveo t " guess beforehand what is likelV to fail :ion wit tt to succeed. But upon the present occasion NVe understand that the piece wa's accepted by desire Of MI% K PAN, vykr) tens aiAiooS to serve the A t t i ,"r, an old b ro t h el * A ctor. Th e mot i ve o f IXRAN waS commendable, and he may not possess much judgment as a Critic as abi!i'y as a Per former, And who can blame the M4nß ge rs, tinder tne acknowledged uncertainty of peh!ic decisions, I °t 'being willing to comply -,‘“sl-;es of Tn l actor to whom the Theatre inech in debted ?—But to the Play. Tt t s celled The 'Castle of Glyndower, the scene ;!, ;ii:l Ahrl a worthy old man, rendered insane l;v t"e death of his wife, fancies hinself a Ruling .h ''ince, and issues orders tor payment. with ‘4lllll a doit in his co ff ers. His ainiaS!e Dangli * ," remains with him, soothing and eomillying those whims of imaginary sovereignty which Cu.t sobdar. A love-tale teas grafted on this ridictilous main plot, but as the pie , e was not Nfered to procyecl audibly In.volid the third act, can only conjecture froiu the visible action, not I . t he internal evidence of the drama, that the Lovers ttrN hallnY , and that 'he father recovered his un ttrstanding, &A,i‘t e saw hint join t heir hands in what nl aY literally be called the las , scene. Upon the whole, tlienudience were wonderfully patient r rough three " 8 1 as unequivocal sign- of hopeless imbecility l 't're son,. obNervAblc 4t•er the rising of the cur 4ini and decidedly judicious in their unanimous l'ettliet of cO , Weitina , ion. The Performers exert e;t theMsdves with most commendable zeal in . b . t heir pi t i a bl e sittintion, p.irticularly DoWTON, >NIGHT, 1-IARLFY, BENGOUGH, \VALLACL, Mrs. 41 "soP, Mrs. ORGER, Mrs. ROBINSON, and Mrs. 'PAR Ks. Th e pet,logue am° Epilogue, tar better 111 01 the piec e deserved, wet-. given respectively .;' I, ,Y HARLEY Mrs ALSO?. Time Duke and f-kiehess of GLOUCESTER 'sere received `vita due ll'ottottrs by the audience, and greeted with the Itil strain of God save the King, with evident 4141 fervent svniVAI,V SEEP NEWS. I.4vEaroor., M;.rcu I.—Arrived the Monarch East l i, d am GASCoYNE, from Calcutta, with ' 1 " of mizell-mt. boats, sails, and other da 31)age ; sailed t!'e istit Auz —from Ceylon the `iOth Sept. from C.ipe the 23d Dec , and t erm St. 1--Jel. na the Gth January.—The Artie. I . v r,mn tr , Limcrick, is stranded in Jingle Bay, • ILE. vessel will 'he a total loss— crtw saved. t.;, (3l '"t-AND, ,lARC:!-T 2 —Arrived the General lVKrt GHANGE,B, tr, , in Madras. rALMOVTI-1, Fets. - 2F.—l'ut hack the Lady ANbell4 p as es , tt i t h ; 1 .1.• Lis!) .11 trail.--Eleven o'clock, p. nt. The F.-eeting packet, ! 4 titd vuj'h the N ,, tv York mail on the 14th inst. (as run buck, attr r htviEig reached as tar as 10 `V• 46. 10. S. berg obiigeA to hty-to the princi l4l part of the title. Oo Saturday, ti.e 22d, she xptrier,ceil 11 , e Trost severe gal e ever telt, in % %Adel ! she Inst her boats and sprun g her bowsprit. POESTsMOIITH, MARCH' 2.—Arrived the Dol. 1/ „ L iu, PROPTING, from St Tuotuas's ; she en s,r)tiotered rely severe weather, and has gr e atly t idthag e d t ier h,lwarks, and received other damage. Alftrotto VIAVEN, FEB. 27.—The Leicester, and Caindett packets. tvith mails for tvatert,,,d, have been detained its Dale Roads for l ever a l thy: past, in cousetinence of the strong ret's from the Westward, which have prevented l ir ; they are expected to put to sea this q fY, as the weather has become more moderate. ' 4l "tived the Auckland packet, Captain Rscnaans, % . 1111 the mail front ‘Vaierford. Put in the IVel ,4;gton, BOND. from Whitehaven for Cadiz ; ‘ lo adescotte, KNotuav, fruit) Liverpool for De ; Harvey, MILLER, from Youghall for C' mr t.tuouth, with loss of 1) , ; Speculation, from Neu port tot Dublin ; North Star, 7"RE, from Liverpool fur North America k i n illl ce Regent, EVANS, horn Waterford for Lou ;t4 -n Joseph, BUBLE, from Liverpool for Gobral- Nlary, MOINES, front Waterford for Swansea; k"atinia, Bbstitzrr, from Liverpool I, °mans; t i o in thti, HUNitHERYS, troth R, for Lon- I v :: with ,sails split, bulwarks and head-rails aett away ; anti the Ann, from Alicant fur tif ast, put under quarantine. *Yap. 28 —lb:main the whole of the above, ith the Marchioness of Huntley, from Smyrna. 1: ;Itkr qnarantine; the Surat, from Liverpool for %l el ° , with salt and StftVel ; and the Braman 143 P of war. I t The Sarah, Mn,34 got on shore on the M'ze F els on Saturday last, near Exmouth, and it is t 'reti will go to pieces, as it has blown bard Yer eiNce from the W. S %V ; crew saved. O : PICRI: AND KELLY.—Yesterday morning the e erilfs (Messrs. DRSANGES ilnd ALDERsow) wait. I: 9 0 n Lord Sipmot:TH, to learn the determina ti of his Royal Hi g hn e ss the P RINCE R EGENT \: kll tive to t h e l ate o f t h e a b ove - name d conv i cts , ii l en his Lordship informed that hint Royal qthness h a d or d ere d t h at t h e y s h ou ld b e res pi te d Ilt lng pleasure. ° n Friday ni g ht as GEORGE SMART was re ,l.,itning from Dm, y-laue I heatre about t we l ve N v e t"ck, to his house in Great Portland -street, he K4ll attacked by two totlhers. near Newport titkrket, oneof whom knocked him down. A Gen tit"niti Coming up at die slow time, the villains t 0:1, a n d esca p e d. Si r GEonog, e are sorry to %j e4 e, received some personal injury on the oeca ti, but he lost no property. Mr. Caamßa, celebrated hurler, was knocked down lo a si milar manner a few nights since. PARLIAMENT. tORVS, MoNDAi, Macit The Hon. t. Tirneileii in 'A ppeoils Mr. •Fatee•l ii . ree,itrit 'the Annittil Accdunt of t 7 - e East Inii4 13,e1t Ciktitpany ....-ordeteti to lie on the 'n , e Earl Gaosv,ptitia i)iesenteci a petitto'n rOin 1 - Ccird Garbo, he Butt, ni)w a prisoner in tbe Prison, on , Sentences for libels tilp6h Lori, Eilent)6roligli and Lord Castl:.reaglt, Coin that tie had been retiis'ed a Ilabeas CorpiiS o hint to pleed his own cruse in tome clefeinfing.'Orttere'd to lie upon the b e. n'e motion,oi the air) of LAUhRitDkLE, 1111 A ••: it was orrleteti of the Nct Revenue of Great an:l 1t land , .11Mitigusishitig for the .years Lew: •Ile sth jilt). 1814, 12, 13, 15, 16,17, . . t:IANIBING BOYS. , HOLLAND presented a petition frOtn Matter Chimney :Sweepers of London and ‘Ves;minster, against the practice of employing :;iimbing goys in sweeping . cilitainies, and in fa vour of the Chimney Swee'pers' Regulation Bill. Petitions to the sate effect were also presented by Lord PRum:tog. from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Kingslaud, Dalstoo, ; by the Earl of Lauderdale trout Hackney, Homerton, and Clan ton ; by Lord Holland from Clerkenwell ; and by the Earl Grosvenor from Chester. On presenting the last mentioned petition, the Earl Grosvenor hoped that this horrible practice would be put an end to by the Legislature. The Earl of Lauder dale was desirous there should be evidence before the Noose to prove, that all the ehinmies in Eng land could he swept by means of machinery. The Earl Grosvenor said there would be 'evidence on ihe subject before the House. The Bishop of Chester concurred in the object of the petition, and hoped the practice would be abolished. The several petitions were ordered to lie upon the table. PERSONS IMPRISONED UNDER THE, LATE SUSPENSION ACTS. The Earl of CARNARVON said be had wished to move this evening for an Account of I'rrsons committed on Charges of being concerned in un lawttil and riotous Assemblies, with Copies of the Warrants of Commitment, and the Dices of their Discharges, but seeing none of the Ministers in their places, except the Noble arid Learned Lord on the Woolsack, he was reluctantly compelled to make it a, notice for to-morrow. Lord HOLLAND suggested that a HaIICAS Cor pus ,hould be issued to bring up the Bodies of the Moustets. The LORD CHANCELLOR still they would he in their places to-morrow.—Adjourned till tu-mur ruw (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. Petitions against the Leather Tax werepre sented trom Enniscorthy, the county of Cornwall, /Miken, Towces:er, Ellesmere, Newcastle-on- Tyne, Edinburgh, Darlington, South Shields, Bolton and Manchester. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM Mr. HATIT DAVIS presented a Petition front the City of Bristol, praying for a Reform of Parlia ment. The Petition, he said, was signed by 20 dines ; this was a novel system at petitioning. Several hundred petitions of this description had sire4dy been signed at Bristol, and would be .or wardrd in a few days to London ; and Bristol, he helievt_d, would send up in all above a thousand Of them. He could say, however, that this eeti lion did not express the sentiments of his consti tuents, who were friends to the Constitution and enemies to radical Reform. Mr. PROTHBROB pre►enred a similar Petition signed by only 20 persons. It prayed that all mitle per , ;ons, who were not infants, insane per sons, and criminals, shoold be admitted to vote for Members of Parliament. The Petition had the merit of being precise, temperate, anti re vectful. He himself was a friend to moderate Reform, but not to that species of Reform prayed for in this Petition. Mr. CuttwEN postponed the second reading of the Tythes Bill to Flitlay next ; and took that opportunity of J Omitting' that it was not his in tention to persevere with respect to the first part of the Bill relative to Moduses. • WATER COMPANIES. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gave ootice, that it was his intention to tubmit a measure to the House for the better regulation of Water Con►panie3. The lamentable want of water for so long a time after the arrival of the fire engines, had added very much to the ravages of the fire in the metropolis veoredoly iaorning. It was his intention to h►ing fur ward stone measure by , way of remedying this evil, and providing that o supply of water should be given to the public in ease of fire. He could only for the present give a genera) notice of his intention, without fixing mly particular time. BLOOD MONEY. Mr. BENNET ruse plosuatit to his notice, to move for leave to bring to a Bill to Repeal and Alarm! certain Acts relative to Statotahle Re wards on the Conviction of Offenders. Finding that it wall the unanimous opinion of the Police Committee that some measure should he recom mended on the subject, he should trouble the Home with the introduction of a Bill to amend and repeal certain parts of those A , ts. There were three principles which had induced him to bring forward the question. First, it must be acknowledged that there could he no greater ob jection to a system of laws than its tendency to train wit to a gradation of crime, and that if pu nishment were inflicted for slight offences, matt) more serious Ones would not be committed practice of the present system was to allow per sons to roam at large, and remain loose on the public, till they had arrived at a degree of value, which made them fit objects for seizure. There couid he no qnestion of that, and by looking at the minutes of evidence of the persons from Po lice offices, examined by the Committee, it would be seen that it had been stated to he 'a common practice to endeavour to stretch the law as much as possible, to produce convictions. Mr. Shelton. than whom there could be man more respect atile, had said !!,:r it was the practice of Police officers cu retain counsel to press as closely as _ . •, • • • , , , „. they Could theparti of the ek-idcnce calculated to Nritvg oe'rSons 'the pale of the law, to tOn. rig t Secondly, he thought ,the mode in hich .Witne*ses were P'roenr'ed by police otteers and constables was most objectionable, as the Airs( question among them was freqUently whit they could gain by the conviction, Thirdly, .•tlie re• wards granted on the con Vic ion of off•nderi gave birth ft', that 'ivitem of conspiracy now on toOt, And 'n'Ot nr the first time, to lead persOA into crime. In 1736, there had been several prdseen . * 'on that subject, and a man of the tlarie 'of M-icialliort had acknowledged that 70 persons had perished in that manner. En 1778, another had declared that 20 indivithial's had fallen a sacrifice to such notChitiations.., In our own time these was the case of BrOrk, Vaughan, and Power, who had engaged iii sithilar conspiracies ; and within a very few days there was one which had led hii Mjesty's Government-, And very properly so, to suspend the operation Of the law 'On two indivi duals, on Well-grounded inipicion that the two lads; Spicer and Kelly; had fallen Victims to the same species of plot as that Corned by Vanttbati and his associates. His intention was to propose a Bill to repeal all the prOyisi'Ons of the r'cts to which he had alluded, and the 46th and 4701 of William and Mary, the sth of Anne; and the 14th and 15th of George 11. which assigned a reward, except in two cases. He thOnglit ,the Tyborn ticket ought to be continued, 'as well as the 401. paid to the eteentorS of person* killed in the pur suit 'of highway Men, or in the execution of their duty. He should also propole that a remunera tion be mane tor the eZpinse* incurred in prose cutions for witnesses, and indietMents in all cases tor felony. But he should wish the 'Court to be invested with the power of judging Whethet there were reasonable groimds to apportion the money according to the cases made out. He concluded by ticking leave to bring in a Bill, whi`ch was granted. taCIION - Mr. P. Moose presented a petition from Co ventry, against the Election Bill. The petition having been read, and laid on the table, Mr. WYNNE moved the third. reading of the Bill, and stated his intention to provide that such votes as should have been disputed at first, and ultimately decided to be gond, should be consi dered as forming part of the 400 which the Bill requires should be polled during the first taro days. Sir C. MONCKE was afraid that the Bill, as it stood, would vest in the Returning Officer a power which he might abuse to influence the election. It would be better if he were obliged, before the election, to declare what number of constables he should think necessary to preserve good ordet, and that persons should be recommended to him, in equal numbers, to exercise that office by each of the candidates, He ►would thus lose his pa tronage, and theirs would be on an equality. Colonel ALLEN objected to the whole of the Bill, and moved that its third reading take place this day six months. Mr. MARRYAT objected to the Bill hi all its material clauses. The clause ►which would compel 400 voters to be present on the first and second days of the election, tended, he thought, to excite riot ; because it would tat ing together so many persons suddenly, whose minds perhaps would not be then as cool as on other occasions. Neither did he approve of that clause iu the Bill which went to shift the expenc:s from the candidates to' the constituents. At this tine, when the cry of taxation resounded' front one end Of the kingdom to the othtr, it did not appear altogether fair to impose new burdens on the people. Ile objected also to the clause which would prevent the use of cockades. lie very notch questioned the utility of this cLuse.. It would, if passed, materially Hore a manufacture, which at present stood in t great treed of encouragement. Mr. PROTHEROE objected to the clause which inflicted a penalty of 1001. on the candidate who should give any cockade to his supporters. He wished the Bill might be recommitted; but if its Hon. Mover would not accede to that suggestion, he should support the Amendment. Sir AV. BURROUGHS objected to the clause which directed tl►e Returning Officer to close the pole unless 400 voters were produced. If 400 votes were to be examined during the thne men tioned. there would not be more than 63 seconds to decide on tl►e mtrits of each ; and it a new candidate, more agreeable to the electors, should propose himself on the third day, his opponents would hive nothing to do to throw him out, but to object to all his votes. He also disapproved of the clause which inflicted a penalty of 1001. for giving a cockade. HAMMERSLRY was happy to give bis'opposi lion to a Bill which he considered of the most selfish description, and at the proposal of which he felt sincere disgust. Mr. IVILBERFoHCE wished that the clause re specting cockades should be expressed in clearer terms, and that, instead wf a larxe penalty on the candidate giving them, mall ones should he in flicted on individuals by whom they should be transmitted or worn. Mr. DOUGLAS r)bjected to the Bill at present, with a. Getstral Election in view, as many of its clauses might he twisted to partial objtcts. He recommended that it should be postponed tor t\vo years. Sir J. GRAHAM objected to the cla►►se, which rendered it no longer necessary for Freeholders to adduce a proof that their tenement was, as had been, assessed to the land tax. It would not be difficult to adduce a proof, by certificate from the Tax Office, that the land of a tenement tax had been redeemed ; this was a main security against fraudulent voters. He objected to the payments of the expence of the hustings out of the County Hates, and to the power giveil to the returning officers to appoint any number of constables. The ret►►r►►ing officers were not always of the highest description, and might make a job at the county expence. The Niagisttates were the proper judges of the number of peace oflicets who were ne cessary. Dlr. LOCK HART approved of the general nrin ciple of the BM, especially Of the part forbidding the distribution of cockades. Ile had known 30,000 cockades given away at an election, and this signal of party was thus made ,an engine of hribery, not to the multitude at large, but towards persons ot particular truths. He was doubtful, . .. . ~, Ittitriver,*Lettiel. 'siftyle limitition of the length dfso'll:9 iii , ilii..:l s i'i -, t,1)1 better than ;he c , thi ilicated • ► i . 'C' mac unery now in rot tied!, the ctlect of which it , .. was not eaq . to foresee. . . . berie'r,tit Inotrivioll opposed the 1141 ; Ntr. MAiTiftTi)ii Lira o*ied 'the 1141, on We"- eottitt 'of the part Which Pat a *stop to pot% at the end of the Second daY, it AOO 'votes had itat beeit `eceiVetr. . • Mr. P. Icloiti 'cicPressed hii intenti o n to defend ii Cons tituents as far as lie could, and in Object ibg to the elaitie against 'the use of cockades, a% a tl'ect ini their. int'ereStstated , s, that ant of 14,000 weavers at C' ovent'ry, 6,000 were in the Poor 1 . '3601tS from want of work. . • WYNNC relled, and having eonibared at • Sonie length the objections urg ed against his The Honsse Ayes Noei Alajtirity The Bill was consequently lost. Sir JOHN isTawpoxT asked some questions as to the proceedioxs that had taken place On the Re ports that had been ; prepared on the state of the Administration of 'Justice in Ireland. Mr. l'Eat explained the progress that had beeti made iii the preparatiOO df three Reports; the 'fait of Which WAS 'now Onder the consideration of the, 7 ..‘laster of the Rolls and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. After several eXplatimions, he con chided.&ith aSstaitig the Hon. Baronet that every consideration had been given to the subject by the Attorney-General and the Executive Government of the Irish AdMiOi'Stration. ,Mr..CALCHAVT !mired for various Returns of the effective ft,►rcu of the Britith Army,siecioits, ca - - tialtles, etc. the end of 1817.—Ordered. 2 . 111 MY ESTIMATES. The House having gone into a Committee of Supply, Lord I'AeMeßsibie rose for the purpose of sub mitting the Army Estimates, preparato'ry to mov ing the usual vote for the granting the military force for the year. He observed that .the details were so dry, and being before the House in a printed form, it was only necessary for him to compress his statement into the narrowest limits, more particularly as every minute item was men tioned in the Report of the Finance Committee, so that it was hardly necessary for hint to do more than refer to that Peporr, where those who wish ed for more detailed information would find it. From the general totals, it would appear that the amount of charge was less this year thsn last by 418,8861. This arose from the reductions that hall been made in the different branches of the eata blishroent. .Ir was proposed to reduce' the foree ' in Ireland to 20,000 instead of 24,000 nitur, which was 4000 less than last year. The whole number of reductions that had taken place since the last Estimates made the total diminution amount to 21,641, or in round numbers, 22,000 men. With out going into a numerical statement of the Land Forces, the reductioos had occasioned . a diminu tion of expense of 74,0001. limier the - head of the Staff, the decrease cc's 37311. which chiefly arose Iron) reductions at Chatham, in the West - Indies, and on other foreign stations. 111 t he pub-. lie departments there had been a reduction in t he charges to the amount of 16.1191. In the War Office the diminution was 6,4361. ; but as niece were sonic smaller, reductions this year to the amount of about twelve toothed pouads, that suns would not be the whole actual difference its point of char4e. In other offices there were also some small variations. In that of flit Muster- Master'-General, the reductions amounted Its 2,11181. in consequence of that office 'being demo lished, and its business transferred to the War atlice, which bad made some additional charge necessary in the last meutioned department. In the medical department there was unfortunately a considerable though unavoidable increase, to the amount of 11,5001. which was occasioned by, the stores to be purchased and paid for. In the Royal Military College, there was an increase of 2,6451. but the actual increase was 7501. more than this, that suns being found necessary to com plete the buildiog, and a similer sum would be necessary for the same object the next year; but after that, there would be an annual reduction of 30001. ; while a diminution had already been ef fected, in that establishment, to the amount of 90001. a year. In the pay of General Officers, there bad been a reduction of 2,1091. arising prin cipally from deaths, and a proportionate sum in the half-pay of the same class. In the foreign half-pay there had been an increase of 3,9001. In the Chelsea anti Kihnainham hospitals the in crease was 101,0001.; but a large sum was to be deducted for prize-money. The casual ties in the last four years had amounted to 180,0001. ; but there was every reason to ex pert that these would be by no means so con siderable future. In the Military Asylum the diminution was 1 : 5641. In the Compassionate List and Warrants, 1,6961. The reduced Adju tants of Militia had caused an increase of 1,6001. Tice reduction on account of the troops in France amounted to 175,0001. In the regiments in the East Indies there had been a small increase. Ott the whole, in point of charges, there had been a saving of 188,0001. while the charges were less altogether by 418,0001. The reductions in all the stations were 21,664 men less than in the Estimates of last year. The Noble Lord then made a brief recapitulation of the principal items, and concluded with moving that there be granted to his Majesty 113,640 men, for :he British Army' in France, for time East and West Indies, and our other establishments at home and abroad. Mr. CALCRAFT said he did not clearly under stand the Noble Lord's statement ; but at all events he thought the whole..amount of the Army .was larger than 'vas required. There ..vere more for some, if not all of the services, than were re quired. There were several thousand men more than were ever, thought necessary before in the old stations, thouo 4ie would not say they were (00 1)4 , 1 . 1 nn' o. in the new star ions he thought !ionic concessions should be made. The parts of the Army in Great Britain and Ireland were both too numerous. The number. of '25.936 men were not necessary for service in Great Bri tain. In the year 1792 we had only 15,000 men for this service. He could nut see why, whert we had a large army in France to keep peace, 26,000 men should be necessary to do what 15,000 did in 1792. He was not satisfied that an